St, Bess & Beyond...

[Diplomat]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Empress_Aynat</div><div class="ubbcode-body">CEW mi have 2 questions please

1) was tehre any symbolism to the finger signs your neices were making?

</div></div>Not that I'm aware of. They seemed to have made it up while we were there.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">2) Do you write professionally? </div></div>

No, but I'm hoping to at some point.

[Kimberley24]

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Wonderful report

[Mickey_rose]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: millee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">CEW they do have Jamaican Idol, going on year 4 now I think... </div></div>

yeah I think it's called "RISING STAR"

[Diplomat]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mickey_rose</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: millee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">CEW they do have Jamaican Idol, going on year 4 now I think... </div></div>

yeah I think it's called "RISING STAR" </div></div>

Thank you both. I didn't hear of it while I was there.

[mo_fire]

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Wonderful finish to a fantastic, well rounded report! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img]

[churchgirl]

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<span style="color: #660000"><span style='font-size: 11pt'>Amen to that Mo_fire. CEW, that's what going home should be for those of us who no longer live there - a bit of home with a dash of touring. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img] Awesome report!

It's always great being in your company, but it was certainly icing on the cake to have met up with you in JA. Sorry I didn't get to meet your bro's children. They look like great kids though.

Thanks again for the great tour of your travels.
</span> </span>

[MsExced]

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Wow great report did not want it to end. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70458-applaud.gif[/img]

[CurtisD]

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Hello CEW.

Thank you for allowing me to join you.
You write like I was sitting next to you.
The pictures are so clear and each one speaks a whole story.
I grew up in the area and have very fond memories from looking
out from my bedroom window towards the sea and the Malvern Mountains.
My beach was Font hill.
Fishing and boating on the Black River.
Schooled in the mountains above Lovers Leap
allowed us the very best views of the south coast.
The area was like a morgue at that time
and all the action was always somewhere else.
but I made the best of it and all the places left a mark on my mind forever.
Now that I know all those "other places",
I still think that "mine" is just as nice.

I throughly enjoyed your tour. Thank you.

[Diplomat]

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Kimberly, Ms. Exced: I'm glad you guys enjoyed the trip report. Sharing my time in JA has been a pleasure.

mo_fire: Your enthusiasm is contagious [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img] Thank you.

churchgirl: They're all terrific kids, and I love them dearly. it was great catching up with you as well. Considering you're just some hours away down the hiway, that we met up in JA is hilarious [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img]

CurtisD: Thank you for the kind words, and I really appreciate your taking the time to join us on this "journey". I'm thrilled that this report put you right in your backyard, so to speak, and I can only imagine the many memories it provoked. I really enjoyed my time in the parish, and certainly look forward to discovering more of it in our 2008 trip.

[rudemonk]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Empress_Aynat</div><div class="ubbcode-body">CEW mi have 2 questions please

1) was tehre any symbolism to the finger signs your neices were making?

</div></div>

the kids may not know it but they could have picked it up- it is a common hand symbol amongst rasta and some others- the downward pointing triangle is taken from the seal of solomon, in rasta interpretation it stands for the holy trinity, it is the triangle of the solomonic seal that represents the material power of the seal. when the thumbs point up it is more about the whole star than just the one part.

as I understand it anyway.

[ohliz]

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[img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70458-applaud.gif[/img] Wonderful CEW, the words, the pictures, all of it. Thank you [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]

[Diplomat]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ohliz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70458-applaud.gif[/img] Wonderful CEW, the words, the pictures, all of it. Thank you [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img] </div></div>

You're welcome; it's been my pleasure [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img]

[Diplomat]

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For you know who, the Jamaican National Anthem

Sung at School Assembly

Audio Visual Slideshow

Sung by PreSchoolers (Really cute)

Hope this helps.

[Jah_Mamma]

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CEW, thank you for sharing your experience. I was there with you at every stop.
Very enjoyable to read and like a good novel I couldn't stop.

So when are you going back? [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/proud_jamaica.gif[/img]

[Diplomat]

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Jah_Mamma: Glad you enjoyed it. As for when I'll be going back, Sis and neice would love for me to do so for birthday celebrations next month, but that's not likely. However, We're hoping to be back round about the same time next year on yet another mission trip (though we've been invited to Africa (Kenya) as well). Hopefully we'll get to do them both, as I would sure hate to have to choose [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70384-praying.gif[/img]